wsl --install catastrophic failure on version 2.4.4

[CarlosNihelton]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26120.2415]

WSL Version

2.4.4.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.167.4-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 24.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Upgrade to latest pre-release (2.4.4.0) and run wsl --install without any more arguments.

Expected Behavior

Some message about WSL being already installed or installing the default distro.

Actual Behavior

$> wsl --install
Catastrophic failure
Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/E_UNEXPECTED

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-11-27_14-42-07.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.4.4.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/InstallDistro/E_UNEXPECTED
Detected user visible error: Wsl/InstallDistro/E_UNEXPECTED
Detected user visible error: Wsl/InstallDistro/E_UNEXPECTED

[OneBlue]

Thank you for reporting this @CarlosNihelton. This was indeed a regression in 2.4.4.

Fixed by #12326 (the manifest update might take a bit to propagate),.